Ejector for firearms.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

G. E. HUMPHREYS.-

EJEOTOR FOR FIREARMS.

APPLIOATION FILED APB. 13. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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FFICE.

1 ATENT GEORGE E. HUMPHREYS, OF ILION, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK.

EJECTOR FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,187, dated June 30. 1903.

Application filed April 13, 1903.

To all whom, it mcty concern:

Be'it known that I, GEoReEE. HUMPHREYS, of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ejectors for Firearms; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,whieh will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and I0 use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an ejector mechanism for firearms which is simple in construction, can be cheaply man ufactured, and is eflicient in operation.

Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of a portion of the barrel and frame of a firearm and exhibits features of my construction. In this figure the barrel is shown closed on the frame in position for shooting. Fig. 2 shows substantially the same parts in the partial open or broken-down position. Fig.

3 shows the same parts in the completely open or broken-down position. Fig. 4. shows a cross-section taken on line A B of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 shows a side View, and Fig. 6 an edge view, of one of the working parts.

Referring to the reference-figures in a more particular description, 1 indicates the frame, which is provided with the usual breech-up shoulder 2 and carries in its forward portion the hinge-pin 3. On the under side of the barrel 4 there is secured the barrel-lug 5,

which is provided with an opening at its forward end engaging the hinge-pin 3. Mounted in a longitudinal recess in the barrel-lug 5is the extractor, consisting of a stem or slide 0 portion 6 and a head portion 7, adapted to engage the rim ofa shell in the barrel. The head 7 is also adapted to engage on the breechup shoulder 2, as will be more particularly pointed out later. The extractor is secured in position by a pin 8, extending transversely through the barrel-lug and engaging in a cutout or recess in the under side of the extractor-slide. At the front end of the opening which receives the slide 6 there is provided a furtherrecessin the barrel-lug, which receives the fillip 9, pivoted on a pin 10, ex-

Serial No. 152,352. (No model.)

tending transversely through the barrel-lug. The fillip 9 is provided with a tooth-like part 9, adapted to engage with the end of the spring 11, which spring is provided at the point it engages with atooth-like projection. The part 9 is also provided With an arm 9 which is somewhat offset with reference to the body thereof, and this arm is adapted to be engaged by an inwardly-projecting pin 12, secured in the frame 1. One wall of the barrel-lug 5 is cut away, as shown by the dotted line in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, affording a clearance for the pin 12.

In operation the barrel and barrel-lug are 6 released by withdrawing the usual catch 14 by means of the usual top lever 15. When so released, the gun may be broken down, the barrel and arm portions respectively turning on the pivot 3. As the barrel is broken down the pin 12 comes into engagement with the arm 9 of the fillip and forces it into the position shown in Fig. 2. In this operation the head 9 of the fillip engages with the front end of the extractor-slide and forces it toward open position to some extent and in so doing forcibly withdraws the shell to some extent from the barrel. During the same movement also the tooth-like portion 9 of the fillip rides down the tooth-like projection on the end of the spring 11 until the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 2. The instant the point of the tooth 9 passes the point of the tooth on the spring the spring then serves to operate the fillip instantly to 8 the position shown in Fig. 3, and of course in connection With the same movement the ejector is given a quick throw to the full extent of its movement and ejects the shell. In the closing movement the ejector-head 7 eno gages with the breech-up shoulder 2, and the extractor is cammed back thereby into its closed position. In the first part of this movement the extractor forces the fillip in the opposite direction from that last described 5 until the tooth on the fillip rides over the point of the tooth on the spring, when the spring instantly moves it to its closed position.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure [00 by Letters Patent, is'

1. In an ejector mechanism for firearms,

the combination of the frame, the barrel, a barrel-lug, adapted to enter a recess in the frame, the ejector slidingly mounted in the barrel-lug,afilliparrangedtostriketheejector barrel and lug, a fillip adapted to engage with and having an arm, a spring, havin;., a tooth the ejector-slide and a spring adapted to 0perate the fillip in the latter portion of its movement in either direction, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of April, 1903.

GEORGE E. l-IUMPHREYS.

Witnesses:

W. F. LAWRENCE, WV. B. COLLING.

cooperating with a corner on the fillip and a projection on the frame adapted to engage the arm of the fillip, substantially as set forth. 2. The combination in a firearm of a frame having a breech-up shoulder, a barrel and barrel-lug pivoted to the frame to break down, an ejector slidingly mounted in the l 

